![]() Having since gone into directing, Fu told Star Wars Insider that a dream of his is to return to the Star Wars universe as a director for one of its Disney+ series. Fu credits the following people as major influences on his art career: Doug Chiang, David Nakabayashi, Brian O'Connell, Chito Arellano, Esther Taylor, Joe Johnston, Ralph McQuarrie, George Lucas, and his parents. ![]() He planned to further his directing career after he completed work on Episode III. He has also directed clips for recording artists Aaliyah and the Strokes. Outside of Star Wars, Fu has worked on various commercials and films at ILM. " It would be a dream to come full circle back to Star Wars and direct an episode or two of one of the new TV series." ―Warren Fu He credits his Episode III position not to talent or connections, but to "two dollars cash and 10% off coupons to Chili's" attached to his portfolio submission. In the workplace he is known for his dry sense of humor. His first name rendered in Aurebesh appears as an easter egg in Episode II, printed on the side of the building Jango Fett shot Zam Wesell from. Fu contributed to the prequel trilogy in the form of spaceship, droid, and environment designs, along with some costume and character work. He received his first film credit as a visual effects storyboard / concept artist and learned a little about everything during the process: conceptual art, storyboards, animation, matte painting and even graphic design. Immediately following graduation, he was asked to join ILM's Episode I team, and over the next four years, worked his way up to become a visual effects art director. Fu, when asked about his favorite original trilogy moment " When Yoda is acting crazy and eats Luke's candy bar after crashing on Dagobah. He got the intern position and discovered that he enjoyed drawing spaceships and creatures more than drawing supply and demand graphs. Sheltay Retrac's costume was a design concept by Warren Fu.Īfter high school, Fu went on to the University of California, Berkeley and was about to begin his final semester as an economics major when he learned about an art internship at Industrial Light & Magic. During his childhood, he drew Star Wars art, including an image of the Battle of Hoth. In fun, he would compete with his friends painting giant productions on the legalized graffiti walls of Huntington Beach. His family moved to Southern California when he was still young, and there he discovered a passion for aerosol art in his early teens. Like many children of the time, he owned Star Wars action figures. The shot where we saw the AT-ATs through the macrobinoculars was such a game-changing "Wow!" moment for me, so my first Star Wars drawing was of that scene." ―Warren Fu įu grew up as a middle child in Chicago, Illinois. I wasn't able to see the movie in the theater, so I watched it on VHS. I think Carrie Fisher was my first crush. ![]() Custom concept ship model build by Michael Fichten." I was too young to watch the first Star Wars movie when it came out, so I remember the first movie I ever really wanted to see was The Empire Strikes Back.Concept Ships Pod Pilot #1: Russell Chong.Keywords: interview podcast with russell chong senior traditional concept artist illustrator designer employed at lucasfilm animation studio in san francisco california working on the star wars clone wars animated series spaceship art pod pilot #1 number one A big thanks to Tracy Cannobbio from Lucasfilm licensing and my friend Joel Carlo for helping me with the flv player as well as Tommy McMillion of INLAY entertainment for hooking up the beat. Russell Chong conceptships weekly header #45 April 16th - May 22nd, 2009Ī huge thanks to Russell Chong for taking the time out of his busy schedule to Skype with us. Russell talks to us about the inner workings of the Lucasfilm animation studio and the process of designing the Malevolence and the Y-Wing spaceships from concept to model. Russell is a traditional concept illustrator over at Lucasfilm working on the Clone Wars animated series. I'd like to welcome Russell Chong as my first podcast interview on Concept Ships.
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